Patient Spotlight Archive — Page 4 of 12
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October 22, 2024
Commodore spirit proves too much for superfan’s blood vessels
While most sports injuries happen on the field, one Vanderbilt football fan managed to score one in his own home the night Vanderbilt beat Alabama. -
October 7, 2024
Skydiving, bungee jumping, deer hunting and the World Transplant Games: 13 years after getting her new kidney, Sheila Spann keeps living life to the fullest
All that’s in addition to her day jobs as a pharmacist and diabetes educator just outside of Jackson, Mississippi. -
October 4, 2024
“Llama Love and M&M’s Forever”: One family’s palliative care experience leads to a lasting expression of gratitude
“The Palliative Care team is a special group of people, and I wouldn’t have wanted to share probably the most devastating week of my life with any other group,” said Jeff. “I’ve been a woodworker for more than 40 years, and I decided I wanted to do something to let them know just how wonderful they are.” -
September 19, 2024
One year ago, VUMC nurse Susie Stephens was thrown from a horse and suffered a broken neck. The story of her injury, her recovery — and the day she got back on the horse.
“I wake up every day and wonder why I didn’t die.” -
August 13, 2024
Why is there a 1-year-old staffing a booth at the Farmers’ Market? Her mom will be happy to tell you.
Because baby Jocelyn, the youngest of five, was a patient, the whole Scalzo family now sells their farm goods at the weekly market. -
August 7, 2024
Program arranges genetic testing for AFib patients who may be at risk for inherited cardiomyopathy or arrhythmia syndromes
Without treatment, younger patients may develop other serious cardiac disorders such as heart failure or life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias. -
August 5, 2024
When he was 3 months old, an eye operation saved Jai Ailawadi’s sight. Now a 20-year-old college student, he returned to say thank you.
"You have changed my life," the (now grown up) patient said.